It's a Joy to Have Friends Come From Far Away
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Hearing this news, Ye Zhengwen wanted to kill Wei Wuya even more!
He immediately flew toward the Shifting Flower Palace in the Embroidered Jade Valley.
Qixia Town was about 1,300 miles away from the Shifting Flower Palace. With Ye Zhengwen's current speed, he would arrive in four hours at most.
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At this moment.
In the distant Buddhist Kingdom of the Western Regions, on Mount Meru, in the Thunder Sound Temple, a skinny monk with golden eyes was looking at the Central Plains.
This monk was the founder of Buddhism, Sakyamuni!
Sakyamuni was from the same era as the ancestor of Taoism, Laozi, and the ancestor of Confucianism, Confucius.
However, Laozi and Confucius had already ascended and left this world.
In the current world, there was only one person from the same era, Sakyamuni.
Sakyamuni had been fighting for one ideal all his life, which was to turn all the countries in the world into religious countries like the Buddhist countries in the Western Regions.
In religious countries, theocracy was greater than royalty, and the power of the religious leader was above everything else!
During the Spring and Autumn Period, Shakyamuni had achieved a small part of his dream. He had successfully turned the land under his feet into a religious country, which was also the Buddhist country of the Western Regions.
Then, he turned his gaze to the distant Central Plains.
And for this goal, he set foot in the Central Plains three times.
For the first time, Shakyamuni led 3,000 disciples (Buddhas) and set off from the Western Regions.
He planned to conquer the Central Plains with Buddhism, so that the people of the Central Plains could learn Buddhism and believe in Buddhism.
After arriving in the Central Plains, Sakyamuni saw that Taoism was prevalent here and planned to challenge the Taoist ancestors with Buddhism.
Let this Central Plainsman Li Er understand that Buddhism was the truth of this world!
He led his disciples to Laozi's residence and wantonly belittled Taoism and advocated Buddhism.
He even publicly challenged Laozi to a debate.
Shakyamuni still remembered that the Taoist ancestor had only smiled faintly and said this.
"You know my surname is Li, right?"
Shakyamuni nodded blankly.”
"Then do you know why I'm not called Li Zi, but I am?”
Before Shakyamuni could react, Laozi waved his hand and shot out a golden light that covered the sky, severely injuring all three thousand disciples he brought!
As for Sakyamuni himself, his head was covered in blood…
Laozi snorted coldly,"There are 3,000 weak waters. I will only take a ladle."”
Seeing Shakyamuni's puzzled look, Laozi explained,""Your three thousand disciples are as weak as water. I can easily open your head!”
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The first time he tried to promote Buddhism and challenge the Taoist culture, he failed. Shakyamuni returned to the Buddhist Kingdom in the Western Region dejectedly.
Not long after, he heard that Laozi had ascended and that a Confucian doctrine called Confucius was popular in the Central Plains.
Shakyamuni felt that his chance had come. He went to the Central Plains alone, ready to use Buddhism to suppress the Confucians again.
Let the world understand that Buddhism was the only truth!
He came to the dojo where Confucius preached and spread the true meaning of Buddhism.
It was said that Confucianism was just a small path, and Buddhism was the only truth!
Confucius chuckled and said,""It's a pleasure to have friends coming from afar.”
Then, he took off his clothes, revealing his sturdy muscles that were like a horned dragon!
Shakyamuni was beaten up again, and he was left with half a life after he returned to the Western Regions…
At that time, he was very confused. Why was Confucius so happy when he saw him? Why did he say that he was happy and beat him up?
It wasn't until later that he understood the meaning of that sentence.
It's a pleasure to have friends coming from afar.
It means that a friend has come from far away to challenge the dojo. I can show my skills, so I'm very happy!
Although he had failed twice, Shakyamuni did not give up on his ideals.
Many years later, he heard that the Central Plains was in a chaotic war and that Confucius had long ascended. Shakyamuni felt that his chance had come.
Thus, he once again set foot in the Central Plains.
This time, he wanted to conquer the most popular sect in the Central Plains, the Phantom Valley Sect!
However…
Unlike the previous two times, this time, Shakyamuni did not see the founder of the Ghost Valley, Guigu 'zi.
Instead, he saw the two successors of the Ghost Valley Sect, one with the surname Gai and the other with the surname Wei.
He preached Buddhism to these two successors, telling them that Buddhism was the only truth in the world.
After listening for a while, the man with the surname Gai said indifferently,"Xiao Zhuang, this person's cultivation level is not lower than ours.”
"Wonderful," said Wei.
And then…
After that, Shakyamuni was slashed twenty times…
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After failing three times to preach Buddhism, Shakyamuni finally understood one thing!
If he wanted to conquer the Central Plains, it was not enough to rely on Buddhism alone. He had to destroy the martial arts foundation of the Central Plains!
The martial arts of the Central Plains originated from the Hundred Schools of Philosophy.
As long as the Hundred Schools of Philosophy still existed, the Central Plains would never be conquered by him, and it would never become a religious country!
Shakyamuni knew very well that he could not destroy the Hundred Schools of Philosophy with his cultivation.
Therefore, he chose to lay low for the time being, ignoring the Central Plains and spreading Buddhism to the other Hu Kingdoms.
The first to be conquered by Buddhism was Tibet.
After many years of development, Tubo had also become a religious country.
In Tubo, the power of the Dalai Lama was far greater than the power of the ruler of Tubo!
After that, he spread the Buddhist teachings to Dongying, Annam, Jie, Qiang, Di, and many other places.
Although these places had not yet become religious countries, the influence of Buddhism was already very great.
Sakyamuni used the influence of Buddhism to make these Hu Kingdoms invade the Central Plains repeatedly, thus weakening the strength of the Central Plains.
After that, he seized the opportunity to send Bodhidharma into the Central Plains to spread Buddhism. With the support of the imperial court, he labeled all the Hundred Schools of Thought, except for Taoism and Confucianism, as demonic!
After that, Buddhism flourished in the Central Plains, constantly affecting the development of martial arts in the Central Plains.
They had even secretly bewitched the scholarly faction, causing them to abandon the martial path and focus solely on literature.
Now, only the Daoist lineage was left among the Hundred Schools of Philosophy in the Central Plains.
However, many of the exquisite martial arts of the Daoist school had already been lost.
The influence of Buddhism in the Central Plains was growing, and its power was also growing stronger!
The Buddhist sect, Compassionate Boathouse, even raised the flag of the substitute heaven's chosen lord, holding the Heshi jade and deposing the emperor!
Sooner or later, the Central Plains would become a religious country like the Buddhist Kingdom in the Western Regions and Tubo!
At that time, he, Shakyamuni, would be the only ruler of this world!
However…
Now was not the time yet. The Taoists were still around, the Demon Sect was still around, the martial arts of the Central Plains had not been wiped out, and the Central Plains was still filled with experts.
He had to wait a little longer…
He had already waited for thousands of years. Shakyamuni was not afraid to wait another thousand years.
"The Central Plains will belong to our Buddhist Sect sooner or later!”
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